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This time we rought you an extremly rare artefacts from the Avar age.

A perfect condition bronze belt mount with a griffon design. 

Circa 5-7th century AD. Museum Quality. Bargain for its price.

 

But who were the Avars really?

 

The Avars were the next great wave of originally nomadic horse-warriors, after the Huns , to sweep across the great Eurasian steppe and build an empire in central Europe. Fortunately, we know much more about them than we do about the Huns. The Avars spoke a Turkic language and had previously acted as the dominant force behind a large nomadic confederation on the fringes of China. In the preceding sixth century they had lost this position to a rival force, the so-called Western Turks [Gokturk], and arrived on the periphery of Europe as political refugees, themselves announcing an embassy that appeared at Justinian's court in 558 (401).

Avar Bronze Belt Mount with Griffon circa 5-7th century AD

SKU: *SKUAVBELMOU01
£150.00Price
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